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Originally posted by b4k-oz This is exactly the reason why I want to partition...but I was speaking to a ryerson computer professor who consults and he says that xp should not be partitioned. Apparently to him, we shudn't take chances with XP. He made it sound as if xp couldn't handle the partitioning and then said that since drives where so cheap...it's best to get another drive for data rather than to partition. To me his consult seems illogical. why would ne1 want to waist a whole hd on xp

university teachers and computing... sigh. Some of these guys believe that XP is as bugged as let say windows 3.1 so they apply the same bugs to XP... hehehe. Lets just say that they didn't upgrade their knowledge about these OS.

don't listen to the guy. But another hard drive is not a bad idea either.

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Originally posted by b4k-oz This is exactly the reason why I want to partition...but I was speaking to a ryerson computer professor who consults and he says that xp should not be partitioned. Apparently to him, we shudn't take chances with XP. He made it sound as if xp couldn't handle the partitioning and then said that since drives where so cheap...it's best to get another drive for data rather than to partition. To me his consult seems illogical. why would ne1 want to waist a whole hd on xp

What is the prof's name?
Partitioning is perfectly fine. I've had multiple desktops partitioned and never had any problems.

I don't personally know him....and have only briefly talked with him...but I've been told he consults for us. His name is Micheal H. That's all I know.

I don't think I'll be recommending his advise...it just doesn't sound like he truly knows his stuff. And I'm not saying that bc I think I'm better than a computer professor
It's just that I don't agree with his consulting practice. But I'm willing to concede that I am wrong if someone actually thinks his explanation was justified.

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My comp is partitioned 20Gb for OS, 40gb for personal file storage (music, pics, videos, etc.)

I have zone alarm pro, & a linksys wireless router. I read that the wrt54g doesnt monitor incoming traffic as well as outgoing, so i have the zone alarm as well.

Linksys who is now owned by Cisco Systems, has open sourced their firmware under the GPL for the WRT54G and WRT54GS wireless routers. The firmware is based on Linux, and many have tweaked/modified/added to the Linksys firmware enabling some advanced features such as traffic shaping, QoS, advanced firewall, etc.

A good resource: http://www.linksysinfo.com/

I personally use the Sveasoft Alchemy firmware, which I find to be the most feature complete out of all the available firmwares.

**note Alchemy is still in Beta and not yet available to the general public. Once it's been marked stable (real soon now!) it will be free under the GPL for all to use.

Alchemy adds approximately three dozen features beyond the standard Linksys firmware. All of the standard Linksys features are included. The Sveasoft features are an addition to the base Linksys feature set. With the additional Sveasoft features the router takes on the role of an SPI firewall, a QoS bandwidth manager, a VPN server, and much more.

Current Alchemy feature additions:
- Hotspot portal
- PPTP VPN server
- WDS repeater mode
- Client mode (support multiple attached devices)
- Adhoc mode
- RIP2 routing
- OSPF routing
- OSPF load balancing
- Antenna select
- Additional DDNS support
- Wireless MAC address clone
- WPA over WDS links
- WPA/TKIP with AES
- Client mode WPA
- Client isolation mode
- Port triggering
- Remote syslog
- Status includes system uptime and load average
- Status for wireless clients and WDS
- Site survey
- Remote NTP server support
- Supports new WRT54G V2.2 and WRT54GS V1.1 models
- Client/Bridge mode for multiple clients Adhoc mode
- WDS/Repeater mode
- Web based wireless statistics
- SNMP
- Remote NTOP statistics
- Captive portal
- Extensive firewall enhancements
- track/block P2P, VoIP, IM, many other services by protocol
- 99% of available iptables filters included
- VPN client and server (PPTP in all versions, IPsec as a compile-time option)
- DHCP static IP assignment to specific MAC addresses
- Wake-On-LAN functions with scheduling
- Multi-level bandwidth management (Premium, Express, Standard, Bulk)
- manage P2P, VoIP, IM connections
- also by ports, IP addresses, and/or MAC addresses
- Hardware QoS for the 4 LAN ports
- Power boost to 251 mw
- Afterburner Support (GS models)
- SSH server and client
- Telnet
- Startup, firewall, and shutdown scripts
- Safe backup and restore
- VLAN support
- Reset router on upgrade


External Program Support:
- Wallwatcher
- Firewall Builder
- MRTG
- Cactus
- PRTG
- Ntop

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Is Alchemy certified by ISCA?

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker Is Alchemy certified by ISCA?

You will have to elaborate on ISCA.

Do you mean the International Society for Computers and their Applications?

http://www.icsalabs.com/

For more than a decade, ICSA Labs has been the security industry's central authority for research, intelligence, and certification testing of products. ICSA Labs sets standards for information security products and certifies over 90% of the installed base of anti-virus, firewall, IPSec, cryptography, and PC firewall products in the world today.

http://www.icsalabs.com/html/commun...site/cert.shtml

ICSA Labs Certification criteria are public, objective, fair, credible criteria that yield a pass-fail result. To remain consistently results-oriented, certification criteria is based on resistance to threats and risks or on successful outcome.

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker Is Alchemy certified by ISCA?

I don't see netfilter/iptables listed under the ISCA's Certified Firewall Products ver 4.0 page. At quick glance ISCA certification seems to be reserved for commercial products.

None of the open source firewalls/packet filters for the major 3 seem to be included...

Linux's netfilter/iptables.
FreeBSD's ipfilter.
OpenBSD's pf.

Last edited by Surreal JRS on Jan-27-2005 at 20:59